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Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28

Attention is being called to the enor- nous loss of stock that has taken place on the ranches of Montana and Wye ming during the past winter, owing to lsck of food and to exposure. The cat tic are required to provide for them selves ca the bleak plains of these terri tories and where the ranch is over- stocked and the pa lures bare many ami mals must necessarily perish. ''This," " says the New York Epoch, ''is matter which sooner or later will require legis- lation of some kind, for to permit cattle to starve and freeze to death is surely the worst kind of cruelty. It may also be question whether any of that regior Is suitable for stock in winter, with the exception of Q narrow strip under the shadow of the Rocky Mountains and subject to the Chinook winds"
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
The Least Intoxicating.

Col. Yerger and several of his friends were talking about the intoxicating qualities Of the various liquors.
 'In my opinion, genuine champagne is less intoxicating than any other liauor," remarked Hostetter McGinnis.
 "How do you make that out!'
 Because so few people can afford to drink it."-[ Siftings.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28

The London Musical Standard pub fishes the names of people of note in the musical woild who died last year. There arc inclu led 25O names and many nationa i,ies are represented. The aver age age attained was high---61 years. There were four suicides, all singers. One cantatrice was assassinated and another was ''hissel to death.n
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
covered.

According to the latest newspaper directory there are 15, 420 newspapefs now publishedsin in the United States anal Canada, of which II, 614 are weeklies. In New York State Mere are 1,591 newspa- rers. The total sing eie issue ofall publica- tions is estimated at 30, 165, 250, from which it would seem that almost every person in the United States of an age to read peruses pretty regularly one or moro newspaperS.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28

The recent long drought in England caused great embarrassment to the um- brella trade, as sales nearly ceased. One manufacturer who was sued for a debt of s declared that nothing but the drought prevented payment of the debt, and the Court granted him asmonth's res pitc, in the hope that rain might come and umbrellas be salable.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
Wanted to ChOp 1t.

Customer to waiter who has just filled his ordeD: Did you say this wa chop9
 Waiter: Yes, sir. Anything inc matter with it, si:g
 Customer: Nothing much. But Say. when you are coming round this WI, again please bring the axe. --I Life.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
What They Thought.

Mir. Fiddle and Mir. Paddle have met at the Widow Giltedgcs.
 MT. Fiddle (aside)-I wish that con- ceitcd ass, Paddle, would go.
 Mir. Paddle (aside)-That stupid idiot, Fiddle, never knows when he is in the way.
 Widow Giltedge (aside)--I shall be nncommonly glad when both these fool ish fellows remember that they have en- agreements. Flown Topics.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
A Youthful EinAncier.

A young financicr, aged 4, who was given cents for every mouse caught in small trap, finally asked leave to spend the proceeds. The nurse was told to go wherever he led her, to see what he proposed buying. He passed all the toy and candy shops, but paused before a hardware store, and pointing to the window exclaimed triumphantly:
 'I buy more mouse trap, Fanny !"--- [Epoch.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28

Tie annual wood consumption of the United States for building and other purposes is something over two thousand millions of clbic feet. We still have a large yarca of forest land, but with a wasteful and improvident management how long can this last9
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
Bear It In Mind.

Bear It In Mind. "Well begun" may be "half-done;" ..s But beginning is not ending; E Great successes ne'er are won ss By only wishing and intending ' "Start" is good. but "stayn is better, Start alone ne'er won a race: "Start and stick" is sure prize-getter, Staying powers" takes foremost place. Broad and deep lay the foundation, But be sure you count the cost; Or you'll rue in deep vexation, Treasure spent and labor lost. Bold beginner mark his folly Soon his zeal and means diminish; Rash or craven coward wholly, He began, but could not finish.
 -[James Yeames.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
A Small Boys Good Advice.

'Say,' said the editors smart little son. as he entered store, ''do you keep anives2"
 "Oh, yes," replied the storekeeper, twelve kept them for years"
 "Well," returned the boy, starting for the door, ''just advertise, and then you wouldn't keep them so long."- Printers Review.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
HUMOROUS.

Thero arc more falls than hops in beer.
 The average watchmaker always has lots of time on his hands.
 A stable government should bs one that is ruled by horse sense.
 It would seem natural for carpenter to walk with numbering gait.
 A baker may have his shop in the west, but his work is always rising in the cast.
 In the matter of speed there Is great similarity between flash of lightning and bit of unfouuded gossip.
 It Is said that 2e2 pairs of twins were born in Chicago last year. This may &C., count for the squalls on Lake Michigan.
 ''What is this man charged withg' asked the judge. "With whiskey, your honor," replied the contentious police man.
 There are 7s,OOO, 900 acres of corn planted in this country and about that number of corn achers on the feet of it's inhabitants.
 ''Sliding on a wheel' is the way little three-year-old girl expressed it when she saw man riding bicycle for the first time.
 One of the things we can't find out who it was that discovered that de- priving fowl of its covering was the way to dress it.
 'sThen you don't like hash1" said the landlady stcrnly. 'T don't object to hash," explained the boarder. 'It's re- hash kick at"
 ''Does dress make the mana asks all inquisitive correspondent. Perhaps not, but it usually makes the man mad when he gets the bill for it.
 Fond wife-Would you believe that Mrs. Eccles next door, speaks seven lan- guages? Fond husband-Certainly I would, she's got tongue enough to speak fifty.
 A New England man has just had a patent granted to him for Ian electric switch" It is expected that all the boys of the country will rise up in vehement protest.
 The present King of Spain is not yet % months old, and his court are taking advantage of the fact to pull his nose while they can. It won't be safe by and-by.
 One youngster-We have nice cano- py top to cover our carriage. Other youngster-That's nuthin'. We have . chattel mortgage on ours that more than covers it, pa says.
 'Ts your life insured2" asked the Judge. ''No," replied the Major; "but don't think I need any insurance. may be poor now, but shall get tho earth when die"
 The bravest are not always the tender. est, as the poets sing. There is the game rooster, for instance; he will fig ht bird of double his weight, but he cuts up tough in pot-pie.
 sWe all have our burdens to bear, !" said the minister s'There are many trials in this life" "Yes, suppose there are, replied the poor lawyer, rnefully; "but don't seem to have much luck at getting mixed up in 'cm." 1 It is recorded of young flop who visited one of the Rothschilds, that he was so proud of his malachito sleeve buttons that he insisted upon exhibiting them to his host The latter looked at them and said: ''Ycs 1t is a pretty stone. have always liked it. 1 have mantcl piece made of it in tho next room"
 There was \ young belle of Ky. ,t Who said to her lover, "Yes, dy. Too long we have tarried, Wo'll shortly be married"
 &, the youth was uncommonly ly.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28

It is reckoned that it costs sixty dol lars to keep each of the one hundred thousand families of Minnesota warmed and fed during single winter-nearly the value of onc-th;rd of her wheat crop in 1886. Fueris comparatively abund ant and cheap at the South.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
There are two church bells at Messilla,

Thercare two church bells at Messilla,
 Mexico, rthat are valuable. They were cast in 1775, and it is said that just be- fore the casting was made at least 5000 worth of gold and silver jewelry was dropped into the molten mass of metal by the devout, who thought thus to pro- pitiate their patron saints. The bells ard to be melted and the precious metals re.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
princinlp and Interest

"If you haven't read that book you promised to- said lady severely to her son, "you show great lack of principle. y
 "Oh, no, malnnia," was the calm re- ply "Not lack of principle; only lack of interest. "-- Epoch.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
Fearful Responsibility.

Old lady-Conductor I hope there ain't going to be collision.
 Conductor-I guess not.
 Old la 1y-I want you to be very keer- full, Pv, got two dozen eggs in this basket. Texas Siftings.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28

Europe's annual expenditure for armies and fleets is s, s67, 800, 900. The rational debts incurred by war aggre- gate s24, 113, O57, 655, on which $1.O0O, 900, 900, is annually paid out for interest.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
Connecticut Western News.
PUBLISHED AT CANAAN, uTCHFislD co, CONN.,,
SC. BECKLEY, Editor and Proprietor.
Local News a Speciality.
TERMS.

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 Subscribers desiring their papers discon- tinued must give notice at the EXPIRATION of their subscriptions, any previous notice not being sufficient and unless all ArresrAxes arc paid, papers will not then be disoontinced ave st tho option O. the pubhsher.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
lis all tbe same.
Iris nil the same.

Tis nil the same, When this brief hour has passed away, If cloud OF sunshine lined the winding way: And vet, proud heart, lis hard, 30 hard to say,
 "'1'is all the sainen
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
StOiciSm.

StOicism. 'Tis all the same, As look back from this long distant year, If on one day the wintry winds blew drear, Or perfumed breezes brought . hghtsoms
 rTis all the sane. So, when trace the errors have made, And reckon the good parts that l have played, smile as into mist they merge and fade
 'Tis all the same And when count what havo gained mud lost, And find that have paid too great q cost For haubles that have in my way been tossed,
 'Tis ali the same. So now, though Imay darkiing gianoes meat Or bask in Fortunes smiles and favors sweet When have coursed far down hfs'S current laat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
Bob looms Abashed.

I A new story of '.Bob'' looms is
,afloat. At dinner-party he waited for
a pause'in the discussion, and then. adj
dressing Lord Elgin in stentorian tones.
remarked apropos of the engrossing
topic: Eyes, my Lord, we are about
to relume the torch Of liberty upon the
altar Of liberty" Upon which our
hostess. with winning. smile, said:
20, lam SO glad to hear you say that
again, Senator; for I told my husband
that you had made use of exactly the
same expression to me yesterday. and
he said you would not have talked such
nonsense to any body but woman"
The shouts of laughter which greeted
this sally abashed even the worthy
senator, which vas the more gratifying
to those present, as to do so was an
achievement not easily accomplished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
AMI ALMOST Human Appeal

Edwin Emory of East Baltimore had
an experience of the sagacity of the dog
yesterday. On his way down South
Broadway small dog ran up to him
acting in a strange manner. The little
fellow jumped on him and licked his
hands and occasionally snapped and
whined. Thinking of hydrophobia Mr..
Emory kicked the dog which then ran
in front of him, and, posing in beg
ging position began to beat the air with
his front legs. Mr.. Emory insisted on
having nothing to do with the dog, but
it repeated the act several times. FL
nally, just as he was going to knock the
persistent little beggar with sufficient
vigor to last for all time, Mr.. Emory
discovered large pin sticking in the
foot of the dog, and with humane in
stinct he took him in his arms and pull
ed it out. As soon as relieved the dog
manifested his thanks by licking Mr..
Emory's hands. and then disappeared
as fast as he could-Baltimore Sun.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
Business After the War.

An Albanian, who is worth $780,
900 to-day, was asked how he got his
start when the war closed. "Do you
mean what was the first thing I did?"
..Yes""Wel l headed across the country
for Selma. When got within ten
miles of the town I stopped at a house
for dinner. It was place owned
by an old chap who Gid heap of blow
ing to egg the Confederacy on, but had
not gone to war himself. He wanted
to charge me n dollar greenback for
the meal. I offered him 100000 in
Confederate money. He got mad, and [
said: Here old man, is the money you
helped to make, and I'm carrying
around two bullets shot into me in the
war you helped bring on. Now come
out here! He came out, and set to
and gave him the worst licking an old
fire eater ever got, and when he holler-
ed enough! l threw the money into
the fire and walked off. That's the
first thing did after the war and that's
what I date my prosperity FROM -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
Sherid8n'S Scouts.

Washington Dispatch to the Boston
Traveller: A former member of Gen.
Grants staff during the war said to the
Traveller correspondent tonight while
i;chatting about the great commander:
i know a great deal about Sheridan's
campaign =, through the Shenandoah
Valley, about which 50 mnch has been
said recently in the newspapers, on ac-
count Of the attack of Gen. Rosser mp
ion the Lieutenant General o. the Army.
i know exactely what Sheridan's orders
we're, because I wrote them from
Grants dietation. The Valley of the
Shenandoah was really the supply
station for Lees army, and Grant
knew that he could strike the Confed-
lerates q heavier blow By taking their
Hood from them than he could By win
hing half 3 dozen battles His orders
Ito Sheridan were most explicit,
land afterwards he often spoke in words
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
Came Too Soon.

There is a revival in progress in a
town no, far from Boston, land various in
cidents have marked the progress of the
work of grace. Among others is re-
lated the following which has at least
the merit of illustrating phase of human
nature: Two ladies quarreled about a
year since, and have since then refused
to recognize each other. One of them,
moved by an eloquent sermon delivered
BY the revivalist on the need of brother
~ love. went to her neighbor and en-
deavored to effect a reconciliation. She
expressed her regret that there should
have been hard feeling between them,
took rather more than she felt to be her
fair share of blame, and said that she
had come to ask if they could not be
friends again.
The other woman heard all this in
silence, but with an unsoftened glitter
jim her eye.
stThat's all very well.' she comment
ed, spitefully, at last, "but you ought to
have come six months ago.
The spark of grace in the heart of the
caller f1ared up in an instant and went
out The blood flushed in her cheeks.
'No," she said, rising with much
dignity. "You mean that have come
six months too soon."
And now the breach between the
pair is wider than eyer.-Bosto7s Con-
rter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20

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Whsa shs v>s Child, che sr,sa If Co.,
~hss shs bssans Miss, shs slune - Casasr>A
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The Walters New Dodge,

Restaurant and beer saloon walters
have devised new scheme for making
an honest penny on the side, which is
decidedly an ingenious one, says a
Chicago Tribune writer. A party Of
four take supper after the theatre. One
Of them pays the check to the waiter.
The next time either of the four goes to
the restaurant the waiter puts on a
long face. s.=s q. ..ss..t... " i "
do you know the gentleman who
paid for your suppers the other nightp''
he asks s5s.. ,s = 5%5 TS.15 g.
'.Certainly; he's friend Of mine. =
well, do you know = the waiter
says his face growing longer, Il made
mistake Of 80 cents in his check, and
I had to pay It out Of my own pocket.
I thought ] would tell you, because Its
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
Taste In Whisky.

s'When you hear people talk about
this whiskey or that being good" said
an agent of wholesale liquor house
to Chicago Herald reporter, '.you
can say to yourself that the man who
drinks and smacks his lips knows
nothing at all about it. Telling good
whiskey from bad is an art which few
people acquire. I buy thousands OF
barrels of whiskey every year, and, as
l buy on my own judgment, it is not
conceited in me to say that I know
something about the business. In the
first place, no man can be judge OF
whiskey who drinks it. For two years
I have tasted whiskey dozens of times
a day, but in all that time have not
drank as much as gill. A glass OF
whiskey day would destroy my use
fulness. Drinking the liquor blunts the
fine sense of taste whiskey expert
must possess, and absolute temperance
is the first essential. More than that,
man must have fine natural taste to
begin with, and must be careful what
he eats or drinks. I can't eat onion, OF
cheese, or drink beer or even soda
water, or any highly-spiced food, and
retain that keen taste on which I'd be
willing to base an order for so or 100
barrels of whiskey.
When I started in this business !
spent three months educating my taste,
going to the cellar three times daily
and smelling of $50 casks whiskey OF
different brands. At the end of that
} period was taken blindfolded into that
| cellar, and, as they rolled the barrels
up to me, / told them every brand
simply though my ofactories. Reputa-
ton is everything in the whiskey bust
ness. There are in the trade about
1000 brands, with about 40 brands in
the lead as the generally popular goods.
I can tell every one of these by taste
or smell, just as surely IS if I were read.
ing the brands on the end of the casks.
The professional whiskey faster always
dilutes the liquor with water, and some
times he heats the water and whiskey
together after mixing. His taste is sc
fine as to be almost infallible, and il
is next to impossible to fool him. The
men who guzzle liquor may be able to tel
high-proof goods from that which i:
rank and raw, but that is about all they
can do. Whiskey regulations are made
or marred by the professional tasters
and it is on their judgment and dictun
| bal a. 90 oorr;ol Ao
may imagine, a man with a good mouth
for whiskey is likely to find his taste {
source of satisfactory profit to himself
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
SUFFERING KOllalDOOQ.

Tso much effort cannot 30 made to bring
to the attention Of suffering womanhood the
great value Of Lydia r. Pinkhams's Vsgo-
table Compound a. Remedy for the dis
eases OF women. Such m one is tho wife u
General Barringer Of Winston, n G., and We
quote from the Generals letter a. follow:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham. Please allow me to
add my testimony to the most sxcslisnt
medicinal qualities Of your Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. Barringer was treated for ssv-
eral years for what the physician called
Leucorrhea and Prolapsus Uteri combined.
Isent her to Richmond, Va, where she IA
mained for six months under the treatment
Of an eminent physician without any Per.
manent benefit. She was induced to try
your medicine and after reasonable time.
commenced to improve and IL now able to
attend to her business and considers herself
TULLI RK11EvKD." General Barringer -
the proprietor Of the American Hotel, Win
ston, N. c., and il widely known.l
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20

Of praise at tho manner in which the
work was SO ehectually done. OF
course Rosser doesn't like Sheridan, al
though he is a splendid fellow, if he
has Stopped over in this affair. Dur
ing most of the time that Rosser was
in Sheridan's vicinity Little Phil kept
him on the jump. and naturally a man
is little rancorous in his feelings even
twenty-five years afterward.
~ I was with Grant when he got the
first news that Sheridan had laid the
valley desolate waste. We were at
City Point one afternoon when the
guards brought in one of the toughest
looking customers that I ever saw.
They had on old Confederate uniforms
and were disreputable pair. Grant
looked at them closely and then he
smiled. Both saluted, and then he
called them by name and shook hands
with them. .....-.. ......
lone of the mon took q little bali of
tin-foil out of his mouth and handed it
to the General; the other unscrewed a
button on his coat and took out some
tissue paper. These were Sheridan's
dispatches to Grant, and the two Union
scouts, for such the men were, had
travelled over POO miles around the
Rebel army. and sometimes through
their lines, to reach the Commanding
General with the good news. Both
men were rewarded with promotion for
their brave and dangerous work. One
of them is now Captain of Artillery
in the regular army-the other l have
not heard from for greatmany years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
Jealous Queen Bees.

It sometimes happens that q demand
arises in the beehive for more queens
than are Matching in the queen cells,
says writer in the C.icago Tribune.
In such case the nurses break down
the walls surrounding young worker
egg, or larva, enlarge the cell to royal
dimensions. feed the stimulating jelly
to the occupant, and queen is pro-
duced. Aqueen is born 16 days from
the day the egg is laid, but she is not
always permitted to come out from her
cell. The old queen hates her young
rivals so bitterly that should they be
permitted to come within her reach
she would Instantly kill them. Indeed,
she has to be prevented from attacking
them in their cells, and the resistance
thus opposed is the only symptom Of
characterization to the queen ever
shown that ruler. . =:
The nurses live in hopes that the old
queen will swarm, which is to lead
part of the colony out of the hive to u
new home, and rs long as there is any
prospect of her doing so they will pro-
tect the young queens. Should the
queen mother leave the hive for good
the young queens are liberated one by
one, few days apart, in order to pre-
vent them destroying one another.
Should two get out at the same time
they Immediately fight until one is
killed, when the other becomes ruler of
the hive. Such combats meet with no
opposition, the members of the colony
standing by and watching the struggle
with intense interest. The first use the
victor makes of her power is to kill off
all her sister queens in their cells. It
is curious fact that when two sister
queens fighting for the crown get into
such position that each has the power
to kill the other, they at once retreat.
Patriotism is greater than natural hos
tility, and neither is willing to leave the
colony without queen.
Late in the season, when the time for
swarming is past, it happens sometimes
that new queens are Matched. The
workers then realize that the old queen
NJ ust remain with them for the winter,
and offer the young queen no protec-
ton. The fury of the old queen meets
with no obstacle as she transfxes one
by one in their cells with her sting her
hated rivals.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
The Trouble In London. :

Complaint is made Of the industrial
invasion of London. OF 1000 master
bakers in that great city, about 1000
are Germans, and they employ. as 9
rule, men Of their own nationality.
OF the %, 900 cabinet makers, 1000 are
foreigners, chiefly Germans, and these,
too, favor their own Scountrymen.
Such occupations as cigarmaking, tail.
oriDg, boot and shoe making, and gid.
ing especially attract foreign workmen.
Nearly the whole Of the cheap clothing
trade of East London is in the hands Of
foreign Jews.